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 The
Birth Trauma Association (BTA) supports all women who have had a
traumatic birth experience. We understand that, for many different
reasons, childbirth may not be the event we planned or expected it
to be.
It is estimated
that, in the UK alone, this may result in 10,000 women a year developing
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Also, as many as 200,000 more
women may feel traumatised by childbirth and develop some of the
symptoms of PTSD.
The BTA wants women to know that they are not alone.
On these pages, we offer emotional and practical support to women and
their families. We also welcome your comments and thoughts and are happy
to offer advice wherever we are able.
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| "I started to feel I was going to die in that room with
no-one listening to me." |
| "I had flashbacks of the final delivery for weeks afterwards
and could not stop thinking about it." |
| "I blamed myself for not having a good birth." |
| "No
one ever explained to me what
I had gone through and I still
don't fully understand." |
| "I
still feel bitter, disappointed and yes raped too, to this
day." |
| "Why is it that everyone else had the perfect birth but
not me?" |
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| "I felt responsible, that I had somehow let my wife down. I
felt terribly guilty that I had not done more." |
| "They wheeled her away and there was no more comfort I could
offer her. It was at this stage that I really panicked." |
| "Sometimes I feel detached from my daughter, and I've even
had thoughts of harm to her or myself." |
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